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growth, often enticing cattle when other food is scarce into 

 dangerously boggy places where they are sometimes lost. 

 June. 



C. Goodenowii, Gay, b juncella (Fr.). Wet ground, sea- 

 side, Port-an-Tigh-Mhoir. June. 



C. Goodenoicii, Gay, tornata, Fr. Peat-bogs, Biskbuie. 

 June. 



C. flacca, Schreb. Growing in large patches, meadows, 

 Kiskbuie. One of the commonest Sedges. Patches of badly 

 drained land are often plainly indicated by the presence in 

 quantity of this glaucous green -foliaged plant. A very vari- 

 able species. (C. glauca. A. B.). June. 



G. limosa, L Mud Sedge. Alluvium flats near Loch 

 Colla, and at Lochan-a-Bhraghad. June and July. 



G. pilulifera, L. Pill-headed Sedge. Crevices in rocks 

 above Teampull-a-Ghlinne. May. 



C. caryophyllea, Latourr. Vernal Sedge. Kiloran Bay, 

 and turf, Port-an-Obain, Scalasaig. May and June. 



C. pallescens, L. Pale Sedge. Damp hollow, Coille-mhor 

 natural wood. June. 



C. panicea, L. Pink-leaved Sedge. Not uncommon in 

 moist meadows. June. 



C. panicea, b. tumidula, Laestad. Damp pasture, seaside, 

 north of Port Mor. June. "A very interesting form found 

 also in Boss" (A. B.). 



G. syloatica, Huds. Wood Sedge. Coille-mhor and 

 Kiloran woods. June. The Laplanders prepare a coarse 

 clothing from this plant. Linn. 



C. helodes, Link. Smooth-stalked Beaked Sedge. Grow- 

 ing from interstices in rocks above Lochan-a-Eaonabuilg 

 (C. Icevigata, Sm. A. B.). 



C. binervis, Sm. One of the commonest Sedges, and found 

 growing in a variety of situations, often in tuft-like masses. 

 It is found both at high-water mark and growing on the 

 summits of the hills, and is one of the first plants to start 



